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Sources: Tim Cook, Larry Page, Sean Parker, Elon Musk, top Republicans and others meet secretly during AEI World Forum to discuss stopping Trump — At Secretive Meeting, Tech CEOs And Top Republicans Commiserate, Plot To Stop Trump — Karl Rove shared focus group findings that give hope to the GOP establishment.
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Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge review: great build quality, design, and cameras, but software bloat and clumsy Edge settings undermine the experience — Mossberg: Samsung's new Galaxy S7 phones are beautiful — Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Re/code …
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| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Microsoft announces that its database software SQL Server will also run on Linux, expects full commercial release in 2017 — Microsoft Opens Its Corporate Data Software to Linux — SAN FRANCISCO — For years, Microsoft built walls between its products and the rest of the industry.
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| Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal: |
In expected move, Justice Department asks federal judge to reverse ruling in iPhone drug case — Justice Department Asks Judge to Review Pro-Apple Ruling in iPhone Case — Decision in New York was quickly cited in legal fight over unlocking San Bernardino shooter's phone
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| Brian Mastroianni / CBS News: |
Peeple, a Yelp-like app that lets you recommend other people, launches on iOS; recommendations won't go live on users' profile without their permission — Peeple, the notorious “Yelp for people” app, arrives — It generated controversy and criticism when word of it first broke back in October …
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Mac ransomware downloaded about 6,500 times, Transmission rep says — The first known ransomware targeted at Apple Inc's Mac computers was only downloaded about 6,500 times, according to a representative for the Transmission project, whose software was used to launch the attack.
| Catalin Cimpanu / Softpedia News: |
Facebook fixes flaw that could have been used to reset the password of any user, paid $15K to the independent security researcher who discovered the flaw — Facebook Fixes Bug That Allowed You to Reset Anyone's Password — Facebook has paid $15,000 (€13,600) to an independent security researcher …
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| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
SoftBank announces reorganization, will split its Japanese business from global operations by year end — SoftBank to split in two in bid to spur overseas growth — SoftBank will split its Japanese business from more volatile but potentially faster growth global operations that include stakes … | Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
Amid mounting questions, Dropbox touts 500M signups and 3.3B shared links and folders, but doesn't disclose active users — Amid Mounting Questions, Dropbox Tops 500 Million Users And Says Growth Continues Apace — As investor sentiment toward “unicorns” has turned over the past few months …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Truecaller app gets a dialer and new smarts as the company phases out standalone Truedialer app — Truecaller has announced plans to merge two of its flagship apps into one as part of the Swedish startup's efforts to create the ultimate phone call management app.| Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Chris Poole, founder of 4chan, is joining Google, to work under Bradley Horowitz, VP of Google's Photos and Streams products — The founder of the one of the most controversial websites on the internet is joining Google — Chris Poole, the founder of the controversial online forum 4chan, is joining Google.
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Tweets: @supernerdmike, @aleen, @neapel, @hopestillflies, @businessinsider, @jank0, @jillianiles, @dozba, @moot and @caseynewton
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Amazon launches its first live show, Style Code Live, a QVC-like web show — Amazon's first live show is QVC for the YouTube generation — Now that Amazon has its own private fashion labels, it's launching its its first ever live TV show called Style Code Live.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
IRS suspends ‘Get IP PIN’ feature designed to protect 2015 breach victims after identity thieves stole at least 800 of those PINs to file fraudulent returns — IRS Suspends Insecure ‘Get IP PIN’ Feature — Citing ongoing security concerns, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook officially rolls out material design for Messenger on Android today — Facebook gives Messenger a Material Design makeover on Android — Confirming reports from earlier this year, which spoke of a forthcoming revamp of the Facebook Messenger application for Android devices …
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Facebook, Tech Times, laptopmemo.com, The Next Web, Fone Arena, Android Police, The Hacked News, Softpedia News, Android and Me, SocialTimes, Lifehacker, PhoneDog.com, AndroidHeadlines.com, Pocketnow, MobileSyrup.com, Ubergizmo, Droid Life, 9to5Google and Android Authority. Tweets: @thenextweb
| Nikhil Krishnan / CB Insights: |
M&A 2015: Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo made fewer acquisitions in 2015 than in 2014, while Microsoft, Salesforce, and Amazon made more — Microsoft Races Ahead With M&A As Yahoo, Google And Others Pull Back — Facebook and Apple are also among the tech giants making less acquisitions …
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